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  1. mbatham

    Fitting Zip to Brit Army Bivvy bag

    any joy on fixing a zip to a bivy bag?
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    Fitting Zip to Brit Army Bivvy bag

    What would be the best glue bud?
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    Fitting Zip to Brit Army Bivvy bag

    I have tracked down a length of 50mm velcro but the question I have for you guys is what is the best way to attach the strips of velcro to the Gore-Tex bivi bag?
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    Yelling at the box

    I'd quite like to go to the caves with kate....;)
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    Just wondered

    Trail for me, just Trail....
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    Wilderness Gathering

    http://www.wildernessgathering.co.uk/ All the information can be found on that link my friend.
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    Wilderness Gathering

    I thought I would start a thred on this to find out peoples plans.... Mine are to vist on the saturday with a day ticket, who else is going?
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    bushcraft courses

    The items we were provided with are the essentials, but the staff gladly offer alternatives if we already had them.
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    bushcraft courses

    Woodlore overpriced? I don't think it is. Ok, some of the sum is buying into the Ray Mears brand and who ha but I have an example: Campcraft Course, cost £595 What you get for the money: Gransfors SFA at £46.95 (Survival School) Frosts Clipper Knife at £10.50 (Woodlore) Spoon Knife £40...
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    Thunder & lightning: what to do when outside

    I seem to remember from Hillwalking training that th best advice is to get lower down the hill. It was said the best place to be was at a place the same horizontal distance from the hill as it is high. Try to discard metal bits and sit on your roll mat, ontop of your ruck sack. Avoit vallies...
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    ray mears knife ' out of stock'

    It's wilkinson sword who have halted production. Juha suggsted the search will begin with a sweedish company, but Woodlore will find a new manufacturer for their knife as they sell so many.
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    bushcraft courses

    Bushcraft and Survival are the same thing in many respects. When 'Bushcrafting' you choose to put yourself in the situation with all the required tools and equipment to pursue a comfortable and simple life. Survival situations arrise when you are put in the situation with no prior preperation...
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    ray mears knife ' out of stock'

    Never appartently! I have recently returned from the Woodlore Camp Craft Course (SUperb course, recommend to those who wish to know how to use, shapen and look after axes, knives and saws, O, and make saws!) and one of the instructors, Dave (Doggy accent) told us that Wilkinson Sword are to...
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    campsites and fires

    I know of a farm in the Wyre Forest, village called Far Forest. They allow to use their field or you can camp down in their valley, next to Dowles Brook, in the forest. SO732762 the following link may work...
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    bushcraft courses

    I have done Fundemental with Woodlore last year, absolutly superb time but it really is fundementals. Coming from Scouting I kenw the basics, don't get wrong I learned loads but if you are out all the time, then is it the right one for you? I am off to do Campcraft Monday, untill friday so will...
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    Bushcraft Music

    Has any one heard of Dahm the Bard? He is a druid musician and 'practicies' it teachings, I think. I met him last year and he now lectures on how bushcraft and druidry can merge together. His music relates strongly to being a druid and thus all things natural. www.paganmusic.co.uk Worth...
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    Scouts and knives

    Perhaps a little irresponsible and old fashioned but once they have learnd to cut themselves with knives, they also learn how not to do it and therefore will be more careful next time. As an explorer leader, they all seem to be competent with knives when they arrive with us. Perhaps spend an...
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    Question for the Adminstrators

    When do we get a machiene that goes 'ping'? No seriously, when will the links at the top of the page work?